Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Position Title	Chief Information Security Officer
Contact	[email protected]
Reporting to
Direct Reports
Purpose and objective of the role	To establish and maintain a security management system to ensure that information assets are all adequately protected.
Key Responsibilities	Real-time analysis of immediate threats, and triage when something goes wrong and follow-up on those vulnerability reports. Running bug bounty programs. Keeping abreast of developing security threats, and helping the team understand potential security problems that might arise from acquisitions or other big business moves. Planning, buying, and rolling out security hardware and software, and making sure IT and network infrastructure is designed with best security practices in mind. Ensuring that only authorized people have access to restricted data and systems. Keeping ahead of security needs by implementing programs or projects that mitigate risks—regular system patches, for instance. Determining what went wrong in a breach, dealing with those responsible if they're internal, and planning to avoid repeats of the same crisis.
Skills and Qualifications	Ethical Hacking Awareness of cutting edge security technologies, patterns and best practices. Good leadership and analytical skills, proactive and autonomous, to plan ahead and the ability to respond to events as they happen. Pragmatic mindset, ability to handle difficult problems with partial data and under high pressure. Advanced security accreditation as CISSP, CISA, OSCP, CASP, CCS would be a plus
Experience/Capability required	The innate ability to detect vulnerabilities is a must. 5 to 10 years of experience in IT security at a global scale. Good understanding and experience with Whitehat, Immunifi and pentests. Working experience with IDS & Firewalls.
Competencies	Astute Analysis Identifying patterns and trends Planning and Organizing Lateral and Independent thinking Ownership and Responsibility Collaborative working Innovative thinking